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| Communications Committee - First Report
Government Communications Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 10 December 2008. |
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REPORT
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
The Phillis Review's terms of reference and principles The focus of Government communications Government communications and the regions
CHAPTER 3: CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS Government innovation in communication Regional Government communications Training and support for Government communicators
CHAPTER 4: WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE Open access to press conferences The roles of civil servants and special advisers Table 1: Number of special advisers employed by the Government Structure of departmental communications Greater emphasis on the regional and local media Working with the voluntary sector
CHAPTER 5: TRENDS IN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS
Table 3: The number of press officers in central Whitehall departments
CHAPTER 6: SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX 1: Select Committee on Communications APPENDIX 4: List of News Organisations with Lobby membership as at November 2008 APPENDIX 5: Morning press briefing from 20 November 2008 APPENDIX 6: Summary of Phillis recommendations APPENDIX 7: Number of special advisers employed by Department
APPENDIX 8: Cost of Government Communications
Oral Evidence
Oral evidence, 9 July 2008 Mr Howell James CBE and the Central Office of Information Oral evidence, 9 July 2008 Mr Adam Boulton, Sky News, Mr Tom Bradby, ITV, and Mr Nick Robinson, BBC Oral evidence, 16 July 2008 Mr Tony Collins, Computer Weekly, Mr Frank Gardner, BBC, Mr Nigel Hawkes, The Times, and Mr Tim Marshall, Sky News Oral evidence 16 July 2008 Ms Jackie Ashley, The Guardian, Mr Benedict Brogan, the Daily Mail, and Mr Steve Richards, The Independent Oral evidence, 8 October 2008 Mr Bob Ledwidge, BBC, Mr David Ottewell, Manchester Evening News, and Mr Chris Fisher, Eastern Daily Press Oral evidence, 8 October 2008 Supplementary written evidence, Mr Bob Ledwidge, BBC Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department of Health Oral evidence, 15 October 2008 Supplementary written evidence, Department of Health Supplementary written evidence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Supplementary written evidence, Ministry of Defence Citizens' Advice Written evidence Oral evidence, 22 October 2008 Cabinet Office Written evidence Supplementary written evidence Oral evidence, 22 October 2008 Supplementary written evidence Oral evidence, 5 November 2008 Supplementary written evidence Written Evidence
Professor Anne Gregory Mr William Horsley Mr Nicholas Jones Rt Hon Francis Maude MP Sir Christopher Meyer Newspaper Society PPA Prospect Public Relations Consultants Association Society of Editors NOTE: References in the text of the report are as follows:
(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence
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